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| Subject: Good: OZschwitz legal action over background music could lead to silent nights Sat Dec 14, 2013 10:25 pm | |
| Australia's largest record labels have launched legal action against restaurants and cafes that fail to pay licensing fees for background music, which could see more patrons eating in silence.
The Phonographic Performance Company of Australia - which represents about 750 record companies - has also clamped down on fitness centres, shops and nightclubs that flout copyright laws.
But the aggressive enforcement program has infuriated many small business owners, who warn they will use other music exempt from Australian copyright protection, including US artists and most classical music.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/legal-action-over-background-music-could-lead-to-silent-nights-20131214-2ze7a.html#ixzz2nVhvEcTQ |
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